Carriage-top iron.



No. 837,138. I PATENTED NOV. 27, 1906. H. SMITH.

CARRIAGE TOP IRON.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 5, 1906.

-' plished'by securing at ri of the carriage-seat or den and l l N lTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARRIAGE-TOP mom.

Specification of Letters Patent.- Application filed January 5, 1906. Serial No. 294,768.

Patented Nov. 27, 1906.

citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at S ring'field, in the county. of Hampvented new and useful Improvements in Carriage-Top Irons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the class of carriagesrand wagons, and more particularly to that class of inventions known ascarria' etop irons, which has forits object to ivotaTly secure the to of a carriage to t e body thereof;' and t e invention consists in constructing these carriage-top irons so that they can be readily put in place and removed from the carriage-body.

Heretofore the common way 0 detachably securin the carria e-top to the bod has been by file use of a tl ireaded bolt, whic is secured to the wagon-body or enerally to the top side and rear portion of t e seat, the same standing in a vertical position, the carriage-top irons being so formed as to slip over the vertical nut. The objection to the use of this arrangement is that after a time the nut works loose, allowing the carriage-top irons to become loose and rattle. Another objection is the trouble and inconvenience to remove the holding-nut every time it is necessary to secure the top.

Bv the use of myinvention I do away with these objections, enabling the top to be without the use of any mstrument ortool whatever. This is accomht angles to the side ody portion a stud circular in crosssection and having an offset or lug which extends at riglht ang es to the main portion of the stud. his offset or lug forms, in effect, a stop or pin to prevent the carriage-top iron from disengaging the stud. In order to prevent put on or removed Fig. 3 shows the front and rear irons pivottate of Massachusetts, have in bolt and be held in place by a this disengagement, .cer-' tain of the carriage-top irons are formed at as described in detail below.

- ally securedtogether, the top-irons whichare used at the forward part of the body being placed on the irons that are'used at the rear part of the body. Referring to the drawings in detail, a designates one of the irons that is secured to the forward part of the carriage-body and having wings or ears I) at right angles thereto and at the lower portion of the same.

'c designates a pivot on the offset portion I), while 01 designates a stud or bolt that is permanently secured to the side of the carriagebody. The stud d carries at the outer end and integral therewith an offset portion or lug e, which stands at right angles to the lo itudinal axis of the stud and at an acute ang etc the vertical plane passin through the axis of the stud, as shown. The lower end of the iron' a has a keyhole-slot or openf, which is located so that the part 9 thereof lies in the median line of the iron a.

In order to lace the iron on the stud d, the sameis tippe' rearward until the lug and the lower part of the keyhole-slot are in alinement, when the same can be readily pushed onto the stud. Upon bringing the iron 0 to a vertical osition, as shown, the lug-lock securely holds-the iron in place.

h designates one of the irons that is adapted to be secured to the-rear part of the carriage-body. This iron is detachably secured to the body in the same manner as the iron (1-. A stud 'i,,having an integral offset or lug is permanently secured to the carriage-body, the irons h having a keyhole-slot or openin k, the part m thereof being'at the lower en of. the slot. It will be noticed that the lugs e v and 7' stand in -opposite directions. This construction permits the iron h to be put on and taken "off from the body of the vehicle in the same manner as the iron 0, except that a forward tipping of this iron is necessary to bring the lug and slot in alinement. The iron h has at its lower end two offset or wing portions n and o, the part n having a stud p thereon, the purpose of which is to ermit the iron to be removed from the stud at the forward end of the body and slipped over the stud p, thus permittin the entire top of the carriage to be folded ack into the dottedline position g, as shown in Fig. 1.

In order to permit the iron a and its carriage-brace 1" to be placed on the iron h, it 1s necessary to tip the same forward into the lugs 'j and t assuming the dotte that the part of the heyhole-slot thereinrace 'IL.

The arrows 'v in Fig. 3 show the direction in which the irons a and "k are to be rotated when it is required to fold the top down into the dotted-line position q, asshown in Fig.- 1.

At the same time the irons a and h are securely locked to thestuds k and by the ne osition in. (Shown in Fig. 3.) I The dot'te -line position-of the iron (1 and brace r in Fig. 3 indicatesthe point at which it is necessary to tip them forward in order that they may be placed on thestud pen the iron h. a

It is therefore seen that I have invented a convenient and usefulmeans for securing the top-irons to a carriage-body and for removmg the same-therefrom. Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is- 1. In a device of the class described, a stud having an offset or lug portion adapted to be permanently secured to a fixed part, a topiron having a slot therein andcorres ending in contour to the outer portion oft e stud whereby the top iron is adapted to be placed on the fixed. stud, said lug right being ada ted to be secured to a stud.

on the carriage- Ody, said stud being of the same shapeas the first-mentioned slot, a lug serving to lock the upright in position.

3. In a device, of the class described. a. stud secured to the body of a carriage, a lug on said stud, a carriage-top iron having a keyhole-slot therein and adapted to be placed over said stud, a wing portion on said.

117011, a stud-on said wing portlon and having a lug'thereon, a second carriage-to iron having 'ajkeyhole-slot in its lower en said keyho eslm; being formed so as to be placed over said lastmenti oned stud whereby the second top iron is locked to the first mentioned top- HINSDALE' SMITH.

i Witnesses 4 HARRY W. BOWEN, K. I. CLnnons; 

